Cartels Are Employing Outsourcing For Cocaine Traffic

“Sol Prendido” for Borderland Beat

Criminal gangs operate with the facade of fishing cooperatives on the coasts of Chiapas, Oaxaca and Guerrero.

Criminal gangs that operate with the facade of fishing cooperatives on the coasts of Chiapas, Oaxaca and Guerrero are hired by the cartels to receive large shipments of cocaine at sea, from Colombia and Ecuador.

These groups based in marginalized communities of the Mexican Pacific do not “dispute the corridors nor is there any internal war,” they use an outsourcing figure, so any criminal organization [Cartel de Sinaloa or CJNG] can hire its services for the transfer of drugs from sea to land, according to a report that the Secretariat of the Navy (Semar) delivered to the International Center for Research and Analysis against Maritime Drug Trafficking, based in Colombia.

“Gangs or organizations that have facades of fishing cooperatives within marginalized communities are subcontracted by large cartels to go to sea and receive narcotics. So any Mexican cartel can reach out to the organizations and hire said service.”

According to the report, to which El Universal had access, the outsourcing gangs are composed of a boss, a fishing leader or fishing cooperative and groups that are responsible for receiving the drugs at sea, monitoring at sea and coast, supplying fuel to the boat during the trip, receiving the drugs on land and transferring it to a warehouse.

“In some cases, depending on the state of the Republic, a narcotic protection and security group is used that can be composed of hitmen of the criminal group or self-defense groups,” such as those found in Guerrero.

Subsequently, the cartels, including Sinaloa and Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG), use land or air routes to continue the transfer of the drug to the north of the country, with final destination to the United States.

INFORMS SEMAR

According to the Semar report, Colombian and Ecuadorian organizations deliver the cargo 350 nautical miles outside the Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone, where contracted groups go to pick them up, on board shark boats with two outboard engines or Go Fast type boats, with a navigation time of between eight and 10 days, depending on the naval device used.

During their journey, Mexican organizations simulate activities as fuel suppliers to navigate the aforementioned distances and have a structured falconing scheme to locate the surface units of the Ministry of the Navy.

Basic structure of the gangs

This is how drug trafficking is branched out, through a criminal subcontracting scheme:

Head of the local organization.

Head of the fishing group or fishing cooperative.

Drug reception group at sea.

Fuel supply group at sea.

Surveillance group at sea and on the coast.

Narcotic reception group on land.

Group of displacement of the narcotic to the warehouse or safe house.

In some cases, depending on the state of the Republic, a narcotic protection and security group is used that can be composed of hitmen of the criminal group or self-defense groups.

El Mañana